Woko Sapien

March 2021

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How the US government does it

Witha cap R [1] Carptrash (talk) 16:34, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Carptrash: Perhaps, but Wikipedia's style guide is pretty clear (see MOS:JOBTITLES). Also, this issue has been thoroughly debated here and here. Woko Sapien (talk) 16:44, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

And strictly speaking, the website you linked to isn't an official U.S. government website, but a non-profit that works in U.S. civics. Either way, you're welcome to voice your objection at the Manual of Style talk page. --Woko Sapien (talk) 16:49, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

No, that's fine, I saw what I thought was a un-thought-out edit and since it turns out to be a thought-out edit I'm okay with that. Carptrash (talk) 23:26, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

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Hi sorry, juut letting you know actions you have done have been undone on a page named Chip Roy for grammatical reasons. Msaskiw (talk) 22:26, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

2022 Elections Task Force

Hi Woko Sapien,

I'm looking at starting a task force of Wikipedia editors to work on the pages of candidates up for election in 2022. Many congressional member pages have very few votes or political positions (for example, compare Michelle Steel and Steve Chabot against Nicole Malliotakis), and so I think it would be a great resource for us to flesh out a lot of these pages ahead of the election to better support people who come to Wikipedia for information before they vote.

I see you've been active on a couple of congressperson pages recently so thought you might be interested. If you are, please message me on my talk page. Once I have a couple of interested editors I will work on building a task force page so we can coordinate our work. No worries at all if you're not interested or too busy. Thanks for everything you do for the Wikipedia communtiy!

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PVI Even/EVEN ratings

Hi, it looks like the change from EVEN to Even of all PVI ratings per MOS has been reverted manually in a number of pages. Are you sure that MOS:Caps really apply here, considering that EVEN is the official term used by Cook PVI [2], the ones who created it, and literally every other political newsletter? This is to say that the all uppercase EVEN is the only version we find in all sources. Thanks! —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 06:22, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

@CX Zoom: It seemed clear to me MOS:Caps (specifically MOS:ALLCAPS) applied here, since EVEN is not an acronym, abbreviation, Unicode, etc. It's literally just the word "even". As far as how Cook renders it, I'll point out the official government profile of Justin Trudeau says he is the "23rd Prime Minister". But on his Wikipedia page, it is rendered as the "23rd prime minister" because the consensus is that MOS:JOBTITLES takes priority over the official source. All that said, if people feel that strongly about it remaining in all caps, I'm not going to edit war over this. I was just being bold.--Woko Sapien (talk) 14:00, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

@CX Zoom: I'll also point out that the reversions seem to be the work of a single IP user, and not a mass reversion by multiple editors. --Woko Sapien (talk) 16:21, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

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Sockpuppet tagging

Please do not add {{Sockpuppet}} tags to userpages unless an SPI, CU or admin investigation has reached a conclusion to that effect. And even in that case, it is advisable to leave it to the CU, admin or SPI clerk's discretion as to whether the page needs to be tagged. Abecedare (talk) 20:49, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

@Abecedare that's my bad. This was my first sockpuppet investigation request and I wasn't sure if I needed to manually tag the accounts in question (like the way you have to manually tag categories for category rename requests). I'm sorry for any trouble that caused and won't do it again. Woko Sapien (talk) 21:26, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

Edit to "United States Secretary of Commerce"

Dear Woko Sapien,

I have noticed that you recently edited the Wikipedia article on the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and uncapitalized the words "Secretary" and "Commerce". I had recently edited the article by capitalizing those 2 words. Could you please explain your reasoning for this uncapitalization.

Sincerely,

A.FLOCK, Wikipedian

A.FLOCK (talk)

@A.FLOCK: Hi there, the reason for undoing the capitalization was because it technically violates MOS:JOBTITLES — a rule that I'll openly admit is enforced on Wikipedia haphazardly. While capitalization is acceptable when denoting a title (Bob Blow was appointed Secretary of Affairs last July or Secretary of Affairs Bob Blow was appointed last July), the manual of style dictates that lowercase must be used when denoting a description (The current secretary of affairs is Bob Blow or Bob Blow is the worst secretary of affairs ever).

Generally speaking, the rule of thumb is that if it has a modifier before it (the, a, an, many, etc.), it's being used as a description, rather than a title. There are a few exceptions, like when the title is being used as a substitute for the person's name (The Secretary of Affairs gave a speech after he has appointed in July has a modifier, but is referring specifically to Bob Blow).

In the instance of "The United States secretary of commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce..." secretary of commerce is describing the officeholder, but not the title or any particular individual who's used it. A workable alternative that could use capital letters would be something like "The title of Secretary of Commerce is used by the heads of the United States Department of Commerce", but that's rather wordy.

Anyway, I hope that helps clear things up. My apologies if you thought I was edit warring; I hadn't seen that you changed it a month earlier. --Woko Sapien (talk) 13:58, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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Charles III requested move discussion

There is a new requested move discussion in progress for the Charles III article. Since you participated in the previous discussion, I thought you might like to know about this one. Cheers. Rreagan007 (talk) 06:01, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up! I'll give it a look. Woko Sapien (talk) 15:25, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Other British monarch requested move discussions currently taking place

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Instagram etc as an EL

Perfectly fine. We have them across the project. Even have templates for them. 24.97.185.90 (talk) 17:51, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

That's a funny way of saying "screw the official guidelines, I'll do whatever the hell I want." But hey, whatever floats your boat. Woko Sapien (talk) 18:07, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Restore

In case other people haven't read the message can you reinstate oppositions and legal challenges in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Valor_Act_of_2005. See this example because it makes sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stolen_Valor_Act_of_2005&oldid=473961968. Please? Song4Life (talk) 01:20, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

If you feel that strongly about it, you should be bold and restore it yourself. There shouldn't be any restrictions that prevent you from doing that. Woko Sapien (talk) 14:59, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

I feel nervous of spreading false info in Wikipedia. Please understand. Song4Life (talk) 04:09, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

For what it's worth, asking other editors to add information you believe might be inaccurate is also discouraged on Wikipedia. Woko Sapien (talk) 14:44, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

I feel Like i need approvae before I do the edit because I feel that is a good idea? Is there anything to get approval? Song4Life (talk) 05:54, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

No, you do not need approval. So long as the page isn't protected, you are free to edit it. If your edit is later reverted or changed, that's typically not a big deal. However, pestering other editors to do things on your behalf is considered annoying. Woko Sapien (talk) 18:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)